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Best Practices Of Teaching And Engaging International Students In Online Learning: An Australian Perspective, Jasvir Kaur Nachatar Singh
Best Practices Of Teaching And Engaging International Students In Online Learning: An Australian Perspective, Jasvir Kaur Nachatar Singh
Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse International Students in Open or Online Learning Environments: A Research Symposium
Teaching international students can be challenging, either online or face-to-face. However, it can also be fruitful if one knows how to engage with international students in the learning and teaching environments, especially online. In Australia, traditional delivery of teaching was still going on for schools and higher educational institutions until the end of March 2020, but this changed within weeks to remote or online methods, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At La Trobe University in Australia, teaching was paused for a week to cope with the learning and teaching ‘shock’ – that is to re-orientate teaching from face-to-face to completely …
Social And Emotional Learning Difficulties Of Refugee High School Students In An After-School Tutoring Program, Xiaofei Xu, Xibei Zhu, George Zhou
Social And Emotional Learning Difficulties Of Refugee High School Students In An After-School Tutoring Program, Xiaofei Xu, Xibei Zhu, George Zhou
Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse International Students in Open or Online Learning Environments: A Research Symposium
School-aged children constitute a significant portion of the large number of refugees who have resettled in Canada in recent years. Due to the lack of cross-cultural competencies, a social justice focus, and transformative leadership skills, Canadian schools are often challenged to effectively address refugee students’ socio-psychological problems. Moreover, educational literature and policy, which specifically target Canadian refugee students, are scarce. To help with the issue, this study examined eight refugee high school students through an online after-school tutoring program and evaluated their performances in the five domains of social-emotional learning competencies: social awareness, self-management, relationship skills, responsible decision making, and …
On The Role Of Machine Learning In A Human Learning Process, Peng Wang
On The Role Of Machine Learning In A Human Learning Process, Peng Wang
Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse International Students in Open or Online Learning Environments: A Research Symposium
This study aims to explore the role of machine learning in a human learning process. In particular, we use word embedding and basic recurrent neural network methodologies in the teaching of terminology and specialized knowledge acquisition for translation students. Results show that word distribution in vector space trained on a relevant corpus can provide useful insights for learners to understand the terms and their associated concepts. We also build term recognition models for different levels of learners, which help instructors predict terms for these learners, while incorporating their previous knowledge and skills, so as to better communicate with the students …
Teaching As Coevolving: An Approach To Online Course Design, Soroush Sabbaghan
Teaching As Coevolving: An Approach To Online Course Design, Soroush Sabbaghan
Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse International Students in Open or Online Learning Environments: A Research Symposium
The growth of online learning in higher education, over the last decade and its exponential development due to COVID-19, has opened up exciting possibilities for instructors by providing access to new modes of course design not possible within the constraints of a traditional classroom. One approach to enhancing the student online learning experience is Universal Design for Learning (UDL), in which students are able to engage with the material in a manner appropriate to their current situation. By using this approach, courses can be designed in ways that allow students to take personalized paths to achieve the course outcomes. The …
Games, Planes And Other Useful Distractions:Teaching Online Diverse International Students, Zbigniew J. Pasek, Nobuko Fujita
Games, Planes And Other Useful Distractions:Teaching Online Diverse International Students, Zbigniew J. Pasek, Nobuko Fujita
Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse International Students in Open or Online Learning Environments: A Research Symposium
The global pandemic triggered a rapid shift to online delivery of courses, and necessitated a re-evaluation of which in-class, active learning activities can be effectively migrated to the online environment without losing their original pedagogical purpose. In particular, team-based interactions or interactions involving physical objects posed a set of instructional design challenges online. Context of this presentation are online teaching experiences from a large, second-year engineering class with a culturally diversified student body. A key part are weekly studio sessions, which focus on a set of hands-on exercises, providing students with opportunities to bridge general concepts/theories and their practical applications …
Literacy Gatekeepers In The Ontario Education System. Why Esl Students Fail? A Bordieuan Perspective, Anna Rzepecka-Karwowska
Literacy Gatekeepers In The Ontario Education System. Why Esl Students Fail? A Bordieuan Perspective, Anna Rzepecka-Karwowska
Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse International Students in Open or Online Learning Environments: A Research Symposium
Ontario's education system aims to improve children's literacy levels who hail from diverse backgrounds. Schools must tailor their program layout to their students’ unique needs. Immersion is one of them. As with submersion, instruction occurs in the second language (L2), but there are significant differences. ESL students experience linguistic barriers. According to Migration Matters (June 2017), by 2022, 78% of job openings will require some post-secondary training or university degree. Many immigrants do not have the skills necessary to succeed, and these percentages have not improved. There is a widening incongruence between the complexity of the needs of ESL learners …
Supporting The Language Development Of International Students In An Online Higher Education Context, Peiyu Wang
Supporting The Language Development Of International Students In An Online Higher Education Context, Peiyu Wang
Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse International Students in Open or Online Learning Environments: A Research Symposium
International students, the critical stakeholders of Canadian higher education, deserve attention and efforts to maximize their academic acculturation and post-secondary success. In the educational context, many international students reported experiencing major linguistic challenges which significantly hinder them to understand and digest teaching content (Zhou & Zhang, 2014). When the learning environment changes from face-to-face to online, communication becomes difficult, in general, and international students’ linguistic barriers become intensified. The symposium draws upon sociocultural learning theory to discuss the potential linguistic challenges international students are facing in an online higher educational learning context, and what teachers can do to support students’ …
An Investigation Into The Effects Of Covid-Related School Policies On The Teaching And Learning Of English As A Second Or Foreign Language, Gordon Moulden
An Investigation Into The Effects Of Covid-Related School Policies On The Teaching And Learning Of English As A Second Or Foreign Language, Gordon Moulden
Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse International Students in Open or Online Learning Environments: A Research Symposium
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of COVID-related campus access restrictions on the teaching and learning of English as a second or additional language. A mixed-methods survey of ESL teachers, followed by optional structured interviews, was chosen as the research design. Results showed that the requirement to move instruction wholly, or partially, to an online format created emotional and cognitive hardships for students, but a rich professional-development opportunity for teachers as they dealt with the challenges of online instruction. The author concluded that both teachers and students of English need to develop the digital literacy skills …
Toward An Agile Pedagogical Strategy For The Covid-19 Era: A Case Study Of Teaching Sustainability Topics, Samira Keivanpour
Toward An Agile Pedagogical Strategy For The Covid-19 Era: A Case Study Of Teaching Sustainability Topics, Samira Keivanpour
Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse International Students in Open or Online Learning Environments: A Research Symposium
Students' engagements and creating an effective learning experience in the classroom are essential in active educational strategies. Flexibility and adoption of new learning technologies play a critical role during the pandemic. Different active pedagogical strategies enhance students’ learning experiences on the online platforms. The lecturers should be dynamic and flexible, in terms of using hybrid strategies, to optimize this experience. Teaching sustainability courses require innovative teaching styles for encouraging students for active engagement, as well as collaboration, and participation of different stakeholders. This study presents the different teaching approaches for a graduate course in an engineering school during the pandemic. …
The English Conversation Group (Ecg) At The Leddy Library For International Students, Karen Pillon, Rong Luo, Roger Reka, Shuzhen Zhao
The English Conversation Group (Ecg) At The Leddy Library For International Students, Karen Pillon, Rong Luo, Roger Reka, Shuzhen Zhao
Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse International Students in Open or Online Learning Environments: A Research Symposium
The English Conversation Group (ECG) at the Leddy Library has been typically an in-person initiative. However, it has pivoted to offering virtual sessions for the first time in the program’s history since the Fall 2020 semester, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. By using flexible, online teaching formats, creating small breakout groups, and encouraging students to share their distinct culture and experiences, the ECG has been successful in assisting international students to interact with university life and improve their English language skills, as well as learn to use the academic resources of Leddy library. With its positive feedback, the ECG has …
Graduate International Students’ Perceptions Of Involuntary Online Learning: A Longitudinal Case Study, Adam Valentin Agostinelli
Graduate International Students’ Perceptions Of Involuntary Online Learning: A Longitudinal Case Study, Adam Valentin Agostinelli
Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse International Students in Open or Online Learning Environments: A Research Symposium
This ongoing longitudinal case study explores five international graduate students’ perceptions of online learning, particularly concerning their transition from in-person to online courses as a product of COVID-19, in order to better understand the affordances and challenges associated with this medium of instruction. Thematic analysis is used to identify emerging trends from qualitative data collected from semi-structured interviews and classroom observations. Findings indicate that (1) all the participants acknowledge and appreciate certain aspects of online learning, (2) some students are easily distracted and face a lack of motivation during synchronous classes, (3) English comprehension difficulties are enhanced for some individuals …
Online, Alone In A Group: Experiences Of Collaboration, Co-Construction And Independent Study In The Online Space, Nicole Brown
Online, Alone In A Group: Experiences Of Collaboration, Co-Construction And Independent Study In The Online Space, Nicole Brown
Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse International Students in Open or Online Learning Environments: A Research Symposium
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Mind The Gap: Mentoring, Goal-Setting And Self-Evaluation For International Graduate Students, Yishin Khoo, Alan Wright
Mind The Gap: Mentoring, Goal-Setting And Self-Evaluation For International Graduate Students, Yishin Khoo, Alan Wright
Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse International Students in Open or Online Learning Environments: A Research Symposium
The objective of this paper is to understand how peer mentoring and exercises to encourage goal-setting and self-evaluation can support first year international graduate students to engage in Canadian universities’ online learning environment during COVID-19. Surveys, students’ work, and instructors’ reflections were used to inform the current study. Preliinary findings show that during COVID-19, online peer mentoring and exercises to encourage goal-setting and self-evaluation have been able to support international students’ behavioural, cognitive and emotional engagement in Canadian academic learning to a certain degree. The findings also show that there is a need to use real-time communication tools to enhance …
International Students’ Perspective - Effective Practices And Strategies To Support Online Learning And Teaching, Cong Luo, Qiuchen Li, Yue Ma, Tian Lei, Jie Guo, Roswita Dressler
International Students’ Perspective - Effective Practices And Strategies To Support Online Learning And Teaching, Cong Luo, Qiuchen Li, Yue Ma, Tian Lei, Jie Guo, Roswita Dressler
Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse International Students in Open or Online Learning Environments: A Research Symposium
International students and their instructors had to pivot their courses from in-person sessions to virtual platforms, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Generally, Chinese international students have coped with more challenges than domestic students, in terms of language practice, academic performance, and life expectations. This practice-based paper drew from the learning experiences of a group of Chinese international students. Using the Community of Inquiry framework, we examined the online learning strategies and practices that were effective. More specifically, the tasks of peer-review and online poster presentation provided scaffolded experiences and opportunities to practice speaking, while leaving a record of comments for …
Pedagogy Of Care: Emerging From The Crisis, Zareen Amtul
Pedagogy Of Care: Emerging From The Crisis, Zareen Amtul
Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse International Students in Open or Online Learning Environments: A Research Symposium
This paper proposes to embed structured social, emotional, and professional learning tutorials in one of the core-courses that this author teaches to international students enrolled in the Master of Medical Biotechnology (MMB) program offered by the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Windsor. The broad overarching goals are to offer emotion regulation, stress management, resilience, and work-life balance strategies for international students to feel greater autonomy in their lives, in mitigating pandemic-related anxiety, and a sense of ownership in the Canadian economy. New, emerging trends, structural changes, and circumstances redefine how institutions should be organized tomorrow to …
Engaging Diverse International Students: Promising Online Teaching Practices, Clayton Smith, George Zhou, Michael Potter, Fatme Ammar
Engaging Diverse International Students: Promising Online Teaching Practices, Clayton Smith, George Zhou, Michael Potter, Fatme Ammar
Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse International Students in Open or Online Learning Environments: A Research Symposium
With COVID-19 forcing post-secondary educational institutions to shift to open and online learning, understanding the needs of international students is more important than ever before. This paper will explore the connection between the promising practices for teaching online linguistically and culturally diverse international students with international student satisfaction and perceptions of learning. The study collected data through 15 individual interviews. Data analysis identified the teaching practices and individual characteristics that resonate with international student satisfaction and perceptions of learning. Recommendations for professional practice are discussed, along with potential areas for further research.
The Lessons Learned From Covid-19, And The Implications For Lms Use To Support Student Success, Rakha Zabin
The Lessons Learned From Covid-19, And The Implications For Lms Use To Support Student Success, Rakha Zabin
Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse International Students in Open or Online Learning Environments: A Research Symposium
In order to smoothly transition to the online educational platforms, after the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the integration of learning management systems (LMS) becomes vital for developing countries to keep up with the dynamic international educational context. With the worldwide lockdown, due to COVID-19, and the transition to online learning, some students are satisfied with the support provided by educational institutions. Still, deficient computer skills, and lack of teacher training (Toquero & Talidong, 2020) issues, regarding curriculum, assessment, and accountability, prevented them from perceiving their improved performances in the new teaching environment in most of the developing countries (Aristovnik …
Bridging The Gap Between Conceptual Change Research And Bilingualism, Lin Li
Bridging The Gap Between Conceptual Change Research And Bilingualism, Lin Li
Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse International Students in Open or Online Learning Environments: A Research Symposium
Strike & Posner (1992) identified a flawed assumption, held by themselves, when conceptualizing conceptual change, namely, assuming that learners have well-articulated conceptions, or misconceptions, about most topics, which is unrealistic. Unfortunately, many current investigations on the same topic heavily rely on students' verbal expression and are still subject to such criticism. One way to address the expressed concern is to examine the theoretical and methodological cracks from a new angle. Given the reality of Ontarian science classrooms accommodating culturally and linguistically diverse students, this study proposes to extend Zhou's (2012) cultural perspective of conceptual change to bridge conceptual change and …
Addressing The Specific Transition Needs Of Diverse International Students In Online Learning Environments, Kelsey Labbé, Jenifer O’Brien
Addressing The Specific Transition Needs Of Diverse International Students In Online Learning Environments, Kelsey Labbé, Jenifer O’Brien
Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse International Students in Open or Online Learning Environments: A Research Symposium
The sudden transition from in-person to online learning, due to COVID-19, has brought about many changes, and has required students, faculty, and staff, alike, to make adjustments to their expectations, interactions, and processes. Currently, the primary focus of education is often on content delivery. While important, educators and support staff must also recognize that their role goes beyond teaching content, and must take into consideration who their students are. International students are faced with different challenges and realities than their domestic counterparts. As such, it is important to be aware of, and address, the specific transitional needs of international students, …
Teacher Attitude Towards Emergency Remote Teaching: Challenges In Indian Academe, Sudeshna Lahiri, Biswajit Sarkar, Rupa Ghosh
Teacher Attitude Towards Emergency Remote Teaching: Challenges In Indian Academe, Sudeshna Lahiri, Biswajit Sarkar, Rupa Ghosh
Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse International Students in Open or Online Learning Environments: A Research Symposium
The present study intends to explore the challenges of teachers’ attitudes during Emergency Remote Teaching (ERT) in higher educational institutions (HEIs) during the COVID-19 pandemic. It also investigates whether teacher age is in any way a mediating factor for teacher attitude. The transformative sequential research design of mixed methods was employed on a random sample of 90 participants pooled ever since the lockdown had been announced in India (March 23, 2020). The qualitative data (text), thus obtained, has been categorized into six challenges, sorted into categories, and transformed into quantitative data (code) for the Chi-square test and interpretation. The Chi-square …
Developing Language Proficiency In Online Courses Through Tabletop Role Playing Games, Robb Mark Mccollum
Developing Language Proficiency In Online Courses Through Tabletop Role Playing Games, Robb Mark Mccollum
Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse International Students in Open or Online Learning Environments: A Research Symposium
This study explores the degree to which common tasks of tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs) align with the speaking functions of the intermediate and advanced levels of the American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Guidelines. By aligning TTRPG gameplay with ACTFL oral proficiency functions, teachers may help online language learners engage in group discussions that improve their speaking skills.
Know Your Online Learner To Support Academic Success, Tricia Gopaulsingh
Know Your Online Learner To Support Academic Success, Tricia Gopaulsingh
Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse International Students in Open or Online Learning Environments: A Research Symposium
The global pandemic forced educational institutions to provide accessible online classrooms for their students, which rapidly altered the notions of classroom instruction, student engagement, collaborative learning, and fair assessment. This discourse will consider the experiences of students and parents who have been participating in online learning in virtual classrooms during the past year. To help teachers to promote academic success in the online classroom, this summary will identify and describe practical tips that use a socially just approach to providing online instruction to students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. These findings are a compilation of success strategies shared from …